Sunday, November 17, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Book review by Sir John Daniel: Higher Education in the Digital Age

Bowen, W. (2013) Higher Education in the Digital Age Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press $26.95 As part of a series of posts on technology and...

Technology, teaching and productivity: the need for theory

The need for greater productivity in higher education teaching I'm going to make a few posts on this topic, prompted by pressure from politicians in...

Government cuts affect U.S. universities’ ‘world reputation’

Huff Post College (2013) Most Prestigious Universities: Times Higher Education's 2013 World Reputation Rankings, March 5 The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings employs an...

What’s going on at Athabasca University?

Four senior administrators had their positions apparently terminated last week at Athabasca University (AU), a fully distance university in the province of Alberta. These four...

Measuring the growth of online learning: the Babson College 2012 survey

Allen, I.E. and Seaman, J. (2013) Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States  Wellesley MA: Babson College/Quahog Research Group Based...

Full report on the Open University of Catalonia now available

Contact North (2012) The Open University of Catalonia: Fully Online Multi-lingual Innovation-focused Accredited Sudbury ON: Contact North In an earlier post I wrote about current research...

Serving remote and rural communities: lessons from 25 years of Contact North

Paul, R. (2012) Contact North: A Case Study in Public Policy Sudbury ON: Contact North From the report: In the April 22, 1986 Speech from the...

Maclean’s 2013 rankings of Canadian Universities: a critique

Dehaas, J. (2102) The 2013 Maclean’s University Rankings, Macleans.ca, November 1 I thought the clocks went back tomorrow - are we already in 2013? Well, here...

COHERE conference on blended learning

I was privileged to be the key speaker at a conference organized by Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research (COHERE) and the...

Spanish version of ‘Managing Technology in Higher Education’ now available

 Bates, A. and Sangra, A. (2012) La gestión de la tecnología en la educación superior Barcelona ESP: Octaedro:ICE-UB The Spanish version of 'Managing Technology in...